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En Masse Entertainment is shutting its doors

"Our focus in the coming weeks and months will be on our team, helping them to find new opportunities, and on our games, to ensure a seamless transition for you"

En Masse Entertainment is shutting its doors

Tera publisher En Masse Entertainment is being closed.

In a post on Facebook, the firm said that it was discontinuing the business, as of yesterday (Monday, August 17th). Its currently-active titles, like Tera or Closers, aren't closing though, with the company promising more "news in the coming weeks."

En Masse was founded back in 2008 and was formerly known as Bluehole Interactive. Yep, that's right, the same Bluehole that created PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. It became part of new parent company Krafton Game Union in November 2018, joining other studios including PUBG Corp.

It is also known for more recent Switch titles, including Stranger Things 3: The Game and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

Sad day

"En Masse Entertainment began more than 11 years ago," the company wrote.

"We started out as a small team, committed to making the highest quality games that we could. Along the way, we built a world-class community, who showed nothing but love for the content and worlds that we created. Because of that support we were able to continue to build games that we are proud of with the best people in the industry.

"Today, it is with a heavy heart that we begin the process of discontinuing the business of En Masse Entertainment. Our focus in the coming weeks and months will be on our team, helping them to find new opportunities, and on our games, to ensure a seamless transition for you."

This story first appeared on PCGamesInsider.biz.


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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.